Bad Ambassador

{{Infobox song

| name = Bad Ambassador

| cover = Divine7.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Divine Comedy

| album = Regeneration

| A-side = "Bad Ambassador", "Bad Ambassador (Live)"

| B-side = "Edward the Confessor", "U.S.E.", "Pictures of Matchstick Men (Live)", "Sweden (Live)", "Life on Earth (Live)"

| released = 2001

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Britpop

| length = 3:46

| label = Parlophone/EMI

| writer = Neil Hannon

| producer = Nigel Godrich

| prev_title = Love What You Do

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Perfect Lovesong

| next_year = 2001

}}

"Bad Ambassador" is a song by the Divine Comedy. It was released as the second single from the album Regeneration. A live version of the track serves as the A-side on the second CD single.

CD-ROM content on the first disc includes the promotional video. Filmed in black and white, it features a Bigfoot working in a paper factory and dreaming of a better life with a co-worker.

The four live tracks from the second CD and 7" were recorded at Oxford Brookes University on 21 March 2001. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" is a cover version of the Status Quo song from 1968.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = 7" (R 6558)

| title1 = Bad Ambassador

| title2 = Life on Earth

| note2 = Live

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = CD1 (CDRS6558)

| title1 = Bad Ambassador

| title2 = Edward the Confessor

| title3 = U.S.E.

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = CD2 (CDR 6558)

| title1 = Bad Ambassador

| note1 = Live

| title2 = Pictures of Matchstick Men

| note2 = Live

| title3 = Sweden

| note3 = Live

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = CD promo (CDR-DJ-6558)

| title1 = Bad Ambassador

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = CD promo (France) (SA6368)

| title1 = Bad Ambassador

}}

{{The Divine Comedy (band)}}

{{authority control}}

Category:2001 singles

Category:The Divine Comedy (band) songs

Category:Songs written by Neil Hannon

Category:2001 songs

Category:Parlophone singles